Monday, June 20, 2022

Death of Internet Explorer goes viral

 


Readers of this blog will know that I've long been interested in Korea's heavy dependence on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, years after Microsoft itself warned against its use (click here for posts on IE and cyber-security).  The tombstone displayed in this photo (click for a full size version) was made by a Korean software engineer and displayed on the roof of his brother's cafe in Gyeongju went viral on the Internet.

The story was covered by CNN (see story here) and other mainstream media, but a review of posts on this blog will provide additional detail.